Hook and eye.



no. s9|,7o| I Patent ed Ian. 2|, I902.

F. H. GDRRELL.

HOOK AND EYE.

(Application filed May 18,1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCES HENDRICKS GORRELL, OF NEWTON, IOWA.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 691 ,701, dated January 21, 1902 Application filed May 18,1900.

To all whom/i1; may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCES HENDRICKS GORRELL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Newton, Jasper county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the form and construction of the hook member of a hook and eye, and more particularly to the formation of an extension-arm arranged and shaped to enter the hem or doubled portion of a garment edge and extend to the extremity thereof for the purpose of stiffening the garment edge or flap thereof and prevent gaping of the meeting edges, and in this respect my invention may be said to refer to and comprise improvements onthe device shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 580,083, granted to me on the 6th day of April, 1897.

My invention consists of the construction of an extension-arm integral with and laid outside of the hook proper and projecting beyond the eye-retaining end of the hook and formed with a lateral projection crossing the plane ortrend of said hook and at a material distance therefrom, whereby the extensionarm performs its function independently of the hook and in no wise interferes with nor materially aids in the'performance of the retaining or connecting functions of said hook.

The extension-arm forming the subjectmatter of my present invention may be made in at least two forms, both of which I have illustrated and described herein, one form illustrating the lateral projection with a penetrating-point and the other form showing a blunt or rounded point or rather extremity or terminal on the lateral projection. In either instance the arm extends along one side of the hook proper as contradistinguished to a location of said arm within and between the .sides of the book, as illustrated in my patent above mentioned.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective illustrating my extension-arm formed on ahook and mounted in a doubled fabric in position for practical use.

is a detail plan showing the extension-arm Serial No. 17,104 (No model.)

formed with a blunt or rounded extremity on the lateral projection.

In the construction of the device as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the numeral 10 designates a garment-hook, which may be of any desired form or construction, preferably with a central spring or hump to minimize the tendency of the hook to unfasteu accidentally from the eye 11. The garment-hook preferably is formed of a single length of wire, at one end of which is bent and produced a spring 10, having its extremity curved upwardly, as at 10", which spring terminates in an eye 10 and joins integrally to one side member 10 of the hook. The side member 10 joins integrally with a mating side member 1O and together therewith incloses the spring 10 The side member 10 of the hook terminates in an eye 10, adjacent the eye 10. The joining portions of the hook member 10 and the hook member 10 are doubled back upon the bodies thereof and in conjunction with the portion 10 of the spring form a hook. An extension-arm 12 is formed integrally with the eye 1O and extends alongside of and approximately parallel with said hook and beyond the eye-retaining portion thereof. The extremity of the arm 12 is bent laterally across the outer end of the hook and spaced apart therefrom a distance approximately equal to the length of the hook proper, thus crossing the longitudinal plane or trend of the hook 10, and forms a lateral projection 13. On the end of the lateral projection 13 there is formed an inturned point or minor hook 14, which is sharpened or attenuated to permit the penetration of fabric thereby. The extension-arm extends beyond the eye-retaining end of the hook 10 a material distance, and when said hook is to be mounted on a garment the penetrating-point 14 is pressed through the fabric and between the layers thereof, and the said point, together with the lateral projection 13 and extension-arm 12, extend nearly or quite to the fold of the fabric and stiflen the hem, fold, or flap of the garmentbeyond the hook 10. When the hook 10 is engaged with the eye 11, the extension-arm retains the hem, fold, or flap of the garment against bending or hanging outwardly and prevents gaping of the meet ing edges of the garment under lateral strain thereof in use. By extending the lateral projection 13 entirely across theouter end of the hook 10 I provide a neat and compact form for the device and insure the application of the stiffening function of the arm 12 in alinement with the hook.

In the construction of the device as shown in Fig. 3 I double the extremity of the lateral projection 13 back Within the body thereof and parallel thereto. By this means I provide a rounded or blunt extremity for the lateral projection and overcome the tendency thereof to wear or cut through the fabric in use upon a garment.

I claim as my invention 1. A hook member of a hook-and-eye fastening formed with a forwardly-projecting extension-arm, a lateral projection on and forming an acute angle with the extremity of the arm, the extremity 14 of the lateral projection being bent inwardly and parallel with the body of said lateral projection, the extension-arm lying alongside and outside the hook proper and extending beyond the eyeretaining end thereof a distance at least equal to the length of the hook proper and the lateral projection extending entirely across the forward end of the hook proper and spaced apart from and in front of the eye-retaining end thereof.

2. A hook member of a hook-and-eye fastening made of a single length of wire and comprising a spring 10, which spring terminates in an eye 10 and joins integrally to one side member 10 of a hook, said side member 10 of the hook joining integrally with a mating side member 10 of a hook and inclosing the spring, the mating side member 10 of the hook terminating in an eye 10 adjacent the eye 10 and an extension-arm projecting from the eye l0 and extending alongside that side of the hook member 10 opposite the spring to and beyond the terminal of said spring, the extension forming no part of the spring proper but being curved outwardly or diverged from the hook and extending beyond the hook proper a distance approximately equal to the entire length of said hook, and a lateral projection on the extremity of the extension-arm, which lateral projection is bent at an angle to the extension-arm and extends entirely across the outer end of the hook and spaced apart therefrom, whereby the extension-arm serves to stiffen the hem or edge of agarment and at the same time prevent torsional movement of the hook member.

Signed at Newton, Iowa, this 3d day of May, 1900.

. FRANCES HENDRICKS GORRELII. \Vitnesses:

A. R. GoRRELL, CARRIE G. HUNTER. 

